TITLE: Sympa Unauthorised List Creation Security Issue SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA12286 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/12286/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Security Bypass WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Sympa 2.x http://secunia.com/product/3785/ Sympa 3.x http://secunia.com/product/3784/ Sympa 4.x http://secunia.com/product/3783/ DESCRIPTION: A security issues has been reported in Sympa, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. The problem is caused due to an error within Sympa's web interface ("wwsympa/wwsympa.fcgi"), which makes it possible to approve a pending list without having listmaster privileges. The security issue affects all 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x versions prior to 4.1.2. SOLUTION: Update to version 4.1.2. http://www.sympa.org/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported by vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet@packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------